Location: 1130 Dundas Street East, Mississauga
Website: https://web.aw.ca/

The Ruffles Crunch Teen Burger at A&W is a standard A&W bacon cheeseburger with a bunch of chips in it.  The end.

Oh, I guess I should write more?  I’ll write a bit more.  But that pretty much covers it.

The burger, as per A&W’s website: “A perfectly seasoned grass-fed beef patty topped with Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream chips, lettuce, onions, tomato, bacon, cheddar cheese and a creamy garlic and jalapeño aioli, served on a freshly toasted sesame seed bun.”

It’s not bad.  The fat stack of Ruffles adds a decent amount of crunch and some nice zippiness from the seasoning.  They make for a decent burger topping, but I think it’s unlikely anyone will walk away from thing thinking that chips should be on all burgers.  There’s a reason chips aren’t on all burgers.  They’re a bit overwhelming as a topping.

I’ll admit that I didn’t even realize the sauce was supposed to be a creamy garlic and jalapeño aioli until I started writing this review.  There wasn’t really enough there for any of the flavours to stand out; it tasted like plain mayo to me.

The rest of the burger is what it is.  The patty was a bit dry, but it’s tasty enough.  It’s fine.  The whole thing is fine.  It’s a fast food burger with chips in it.  It’s not one of those things where you’re like “wow, this is so much better than I was imagining!”  It’s exactly what you’re imagining.